Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 2.0A provincial park, Long Lake Provincial Park, lies 0.1 km away. 13 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Chocolate Lake Beach. Walkers have 4 mapped routes close by, starting with the Belchers Marsh Park Trail System and Fleming Park Trail System.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Fairview’s best card is protected land around it, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (15,872 to 16,710 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Fairview beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; only 1 of 39 does better. For public protected areas, though, 24 of 39 are ahead.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercier QC | 15% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Fairview NS | 14% | 0% | 16 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Tracadie NB | 13% | 9% | 54 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Greektown BC | 12% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 73 |
| 5 | Carlington ON | 12% | 2.5% | 33 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Lavaltrie QC | 9.9% | 0.3% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC | 8.4% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Surrey Centre BC | 8.2% | 1.3% | 190 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Old Hunt Club ON | 7.3% | 7% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sturgeon Falls ON | 7.2% | 6.1% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Chutes-Montmorency QC | 6.4% | 0.1% | 25 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Parc-Lafontaine QC | 5.4% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Stayner ON | 5% | 3.6% | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | Saint-Sauveur QC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Vieux-Moulin QC | 4.7% | 0.1% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Préfontaine QC | 4.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) ON | 4.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Étienne Desmarteaux QC | 3.1% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Oakridge ON | 2.6% | 4.4% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Mount Pleasant East ON | 2.5% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Leaside-Bennington ON | 2.2% | 1% | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| 22 | Cliffcrest ON | 2.1% | 2.4% | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 23 | North Toronto ON | 1.9% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Newtonbrook East ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bathurst Manor ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hillcrest Village ON | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Glen Cairn ON | 1.6% | 7% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Almonte ON | 1.4% | 0.7% | 26 | 0 | 8 |
| 29 | Comox BC | 1.4% | 2.6% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Smithville ON | 1.3% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Lansing-Westgate ON | 1.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Leduc County AB | 1.2% | 0.7% | 85 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides QC | 1.1% | 4.1% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Kenora ON | 1% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 35 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines QC | 0.7% | 0.1% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Evergreen SK | 0.7% | 8.9% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 37 | Corunna ON | 0.4% | 1% | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 | South Windsor ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Winkler MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Strathmore AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
The biggest is Long Lake Provincial Park, 1,920 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Long Lake Provincial Park plus Chain of Lakes Trail Park account for 97% of the green.
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Of the 16, 7 are public land; the others are privately held. Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area covers 8,626 ha, the most of any named area. 9 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
For a national park, people in Fairview travel more than 100 km. Within 10 km are 2 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Few places match it for paths: more than 68% of Canadian towns have fewer. It is more wooded than 63% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The longest of the rest is the Fleming Park Trail System, 4.5 km. For a short stroll, 3 are under 3 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Shearwater, 11 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 124 | 114 | 120 | 108 | 115 | 107 | 95 | 94 | 107 | 141 | 135 | 156 |
Expect 156 mm in December, the wettest month, and 94 mm in August. January brings highs of 0 °C, August highs of 23 °C. About 215 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Fairview →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The coast is close: 62 km of shoreline within 5 km. Another 8 have no name on the map. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 66.
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 58 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
One is a National Historic Site.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 14% | 16 | 4 | 13 |
| Mount Royale 1.5 km | 15% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| Windsor Park 1.9 km | 7.6% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| Westmount 2.6 km | 11% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| Clayton Park West 3.2 km | 13% | 18 | 13 | 7 |
| North End 3.4 km | 7% | 14 | 5 | 18 |
| Schmidtville 4.9 km | 5.9% | 16 | 4 | 18 |
More routes are mapped around Clayton Park West (13). None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Fairview.
Yes: 14% of the land within 10 km is protected.
The closest is Long Lake Provincial Park, at 0.1 km.
It is Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area, a nature reserve covering 8,626 ha.
Try the Belchers Marsh Park Trail System, Fleming Park Trail System and Seaview Park; more are on the map.
Chocolate Lake Beach, 0.4 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
No national park lies within 100 km of Fairview.
On the normals, June to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).